June 28, 2013

The official lineup for the 2013 American Legion Old Settlers Day parade.

Parade participants will line up at Columbia City High School. The parade route will leave the school and travel west along North Street, turn south at Main Street, continue through downtown Columbia City, and will end south of the Whitley County Courthouse square. Parade participants include:

June 28, 2013

COLUMBIA CITY â€” From one end of a chain to the other, there are links that collectively hold the whole together.

According to Whitley County Consolidated Schools Superintendent Dr. Pat Oâ€™Connor, the same philosophy is in place for success in the district.

WCCS recently published its annual performance report as a corporation. There were numbers that were both positive and negative, but Oâ€™Connor was pleased overall and attributes the success to the hard work of teachers.

June 28, 2013

Harold F. Kyler Jr., 82, a lifelong resident of Columbia Township, died at 7:25 p.m. Wednesday, June 26, 2013, at Millerâ€™s Merry Manor where he had been a resident since January 2010.
He was born Nov. 16, 1930 in Whitley County a son of Harold F. and Carrie Jane (Evard) Kyler Sr. He completed his education at Columbia City High School.
On Sept. 14, 1951, he was inducted into the U.S. Army, serving during the Korean War. He was honorably discharged Sept. 13, 1959.